While that's broadly true, in the real world they basically balance out in terms of performance. You can get really accurate AKs (made by the likes of Zastava in Yugoslavia/Serbia, for example), and higher-powered ARs running 7.62 for example.
Anyway, [did somebody say "full-auto bufferless FGC-9"?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFuNSg5jCew) Let me introduce you to the FMGC-01:
![](https://homemadeguns.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/fmgc-011.jpg)
![](https://homemadeguns.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/fmgc-015.jpg)